Wrapping-blank.



H. O. FISCHER.

WRAPPING BLANK- APPLICATION FILED DEC. n. 1912.

Patented Mm. H, 1916.

, \flw 4 Km ATTORNEK To all whom itmayconcern:

i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

lineman OTTOTISCHER, or SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS. ASSIGNOR To PACKAGE MACHINERY COMPANY, or SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION or MASSACHUSETTS.

Be it known that I, HERMAN OTTO FISCHER, a subjectof the Emperor of Gera blank fol-wrapping articles.

many, residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in lVrapping-Blanks, of which the followingis a specification.

The invention herein disclosed relates to Heretofore, whenwrapping articles, such,

f .for instance, as crackers .to besold in a carton, the wrappe'r-hasbeen passed around the carton completely in one direction leaving tubular end extensions in the opposite direction. 5 These end extensions werefoldedoverin what is commonly called a drugstore fold and a. seal was placed against if the overlappingfolds at each end of the package This so-called drugstore fold? is madeby folding at each end the bottom portion of. theextension against the article and then the; two sides and top portions, all in overlapping "relation. 1, y

The object of this invention is-to provide ablank for use 'wrappingcartons or other articles, which blank will give the same i practical result without the use of sep rate seals as hasheretofore been accomplished by the use of. separate seals 1n connectlon with the drugstore fold;

The invention willbe r nore particularly described inconnection with the accompanyin drawings, in which an illustrative form h n I 4 of the nvention is shown.

. In thedrawings forming part of this ap- .plicatiomFigure 1 is a plan view of a blank made in accordance with my invention, the

dotted lines in this figure illustrating the lines on which the wrapper is folded, while the fullflinesillustrate certain cuts which i are made in. the wrapper. Fig. 2 is a plan view of ainodified form of blank. Fig. 3 is a view of the wrapper partially covering anarticle'to be wrapped. Figsml, 5, .6, and .7. illustrate different stages of the wrapping, operations as theblank ispassed around the a article tobe, wrapped. Fig. 8 illustrates the l manner in which the modified form of wrap- 50.

perblankis used to wrap an article.

It is believed that the invention can be I finest clearly. understood by a description of the operating steps which are necessary to f pass, through inorder to apply the wrapping, blank to an article to be wrapped.

WRAPPING-BLANK.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Blur. 14 1916 Application filed December 11, 1912. Serial No. 736,180.

As illustrative of one way in which the invention may be used, attention is called to Figs. 1 and 3/ The wrapping blank b -is passed around a carton (1. so that the carton is wrapped completely on the sides, and the side edges of the blank overlap and may be sealed together by suitable adhesive matethe portion (,1 is folded against the end of the carton, and when this fold is made, it will be seen that the portions h on the end extensions will also be folded. These latter portions overlap the portion f. In the extension of the wrapper blank directly above the extension c (seen in Fig, 3) it will be noticed that there are two cuts 0 made, which. in the form shown, do not extend quite to the end edge of the carton. These cuts divide the upper extension of the wrapper into portions In and the fiap j, the portion l' being connected with the portion f of the wrapper, as seen clearly in Figs. 1 and 5. After the portion 6 has been told edvin the manner described in connection with Fig. 4, thus overlapping the portions it against the extensions 7, the latter are folded in from the side. as illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6, and when these folding opera tions takeplace, it will 'be seen that the portions k of the upper top extension are folded against and under the top extension, connecting the flap y' to .the rest of the wrapper 'in the manner clearly illustrated in Figs. 5

and (3. When these two side folds have been made, it will be seen that the folds are all overlapping with relation to one another so that at no point around the edge of the carton is there a direct exposure to the air.

After the wrapper has been folded in the -79 a amend, a ainst a alapping foldsof thewrapp'er, the jjair can not reach the carton which has been wrapped an) allow the air to reach'th'e carton.-that-'is,

H ,Qthe overlappingflaps-has been effectually se ed 'upby the l'astffold made. The portion acts in practically the same manner as wonld a separate seal applied to pffthend of the carton to seal the overlap jping'flaps of, thecarton Wrapper, but in the 1 'gncessity for'the separate seal. at eachyend "of the carton has been dispensedawith file though-the practicalv and"'decoratire 'fund tion ofs'ueh' a seal has been obtained to .its

fullextent. Qf-nection=with5- reference to Fig.:-7 that the g portion y', when, it is cut i'n'the manner de- H sc ribed, has,-when folded over against the carton, an appearance similarto th'epaekjilge' wrapped with n separate seal. This- 7 "portion 7 in the wrapper blank described Q lis what'is cal led'the' seal portion orseal, I or: attached seal. In the practical applicationofthis-invention, the 'seal 1' is used toreceive the manlnfacturfls trade-mark,"or iother ad ertisement.

it ent ineach side of the wrapper blank is of 'i the .endface of the carton to be wrapped so that. the 'fl'apcoyers: the greater part of the f end face of, the package. The flap, theref e'dge .oflhisaflap lies substantiallyparallel tothe edgefof the end face of. the package I it presents a symmetrical-appearance. and resembles very closely the end seals heretoforejwidelv nsed in wrapping packages of this character.

i i'lnftl'ie. modification of the invention.

shown in Figs. 2 and'8, the Wrappingste'ps .gflare exaetly as alreadydescribed inconnection awi th Figs. 1, 3,4, 5, 6 and '7, the only difi'erence bet-weenthe two blanks being that I instead ofl straightcuts e inat he wrapping I I -sl'kE-ahsebf the fact that theonly pathlikely.

the tertuous path underneath and between I .Fease-hereindescribed it will be seen that the It will be noted in this .col'iltgwill'be observed-that the sealing flap j von ly' sl ght1yless length .and breadth} than fore, has snflicient area tosecurelyseal the fend folds. Since the greater-part bf the blank in thism difi atiOn part of the-paper I lemmas .ha's 'beenciit aWay-Qndneh, .in'isoine' cases, is

desirable, and which does not depart at all from the. essential features of the invention as specifically described above.

tangular sheet ofwrap'ping material having twosealing flaps formed inopposite edge portions thereof, each of said flaps being of less length and breadth than the end face at stantially parallel to thee gfjeffsaid end face;

v 1. A wrapper blank for' a-c artener similar article, comprisinga substantiallyree 2. A wrapprblank for a carton or similar article comprising a substantial? and tangular sheet ofwrapping material. having two substantially -reetangzilzn;se aling flaps formed in opposite edge iportiTms thereof,

each of said flaps being of slightly less" "length and breadth than the end face 01; the

artieleto be \vrappedwhereby' eachfiep,

when it is folded against the end face (if the carton or similar article, will cover substantially all of said faeejand'its sedge will 1 lie substantially parallel to the edge ef said face.

3. A wrapper blank for 'a carton or similar article, comprising a sheet of Wrapping material of sufiicient length and breadth to cover the longitndinaljfacespf the article to-be wrapped and to provide parts adapted to'extend beyond the ends of the article, and having two sealing flaps formed in opposite edge portions thereof with the edges of the flaps lying between-the ends of said sheet,

each ofsaidfiapshaving an area snfiieient to enable 1t to cover the greater part ofone v endjface of said article and a shape? such that the greater part ,of the edge of the flap will lie-parallel to theedge vof said end face when folded thereagainsh 3 a 1 YH ER MAN OTTO FISCHER. gWitnesses: p

FRANKLIN G. NEAL, lL 'I. Gem-Ions. 

